Use of antivenoms for the treatment of envenomation by Elapidae snakes in Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: In Guinea Elapids are responsible for 20% of envenomations. The associated case fatality rate (CFR) ranged 15-27%, irrespective of treatment. RESULTS: We studied 77 neurotoxic envenomations divided in 3 groups: a set of patients that received only traditional or symptomatic treatments, a...

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Autores principales: Baldé, Mamadou C, Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Boiro, Mamadou Y, Stock, Roberto P, Massougbodji, Achille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23849079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-6

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